Anthony Digati, 52, of Chino, California, also threatened to send computer spam to the insurer in his attempt to extort about $200,000, according to Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
"I have 6 MILLION emails going out to couples with children age 25-40, this e-mail campaign is ordered and paid for," the criminal complaint quoted a February 22 email as saying.
"2 million go out on the 8th (of March) and every two days 2 million more for three weeks rotating the list," it went on. "Of course it is spam, I hired a spam service, I could care less, The damge will be done."
Digati could not be reached to comment at his home telephone number.
New York Life insurance company spokesman William Werfelman confirmed it was the target of the threats.
"After Mr. Digati contacted the Company with his threats we conducted a thorough internal investigation and determined the best course of action was to turn this over to the FBI for their assessment," the spokesman said in an emailed statement.
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